14.15 Rewards. Whenever any person convicted of or charged with any felony escapes, or whenever any heinous crime has been committed, the governor may offer a reward of not to exceed $500 for the apprehension and delivery of such person or the conviction of the perpetrator of such crime. If such reward is claimed, whether by one or more persons, the governor shall finally determine to whom the same shall be paid, and, if to more than one person what portion to each, and shall certify the determination to the secretary of state. No such offer of a reward by the governor shall impose any actionable liability on the state.
History: 1991 a. 316.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 14 - Constitutional offices and interstate bodies.
14.01 - Office of the governor; creation.
14.015 - Same; attached boards and commissions.
14.019 - Governor's nonstatutory committees.
14.02 - Governor may appoint employees.
14.03 - Governor to coordinate state services.
14.035 - Governor may enter into Indian gaming compacts.
14.04 - Reports to legislature.
14.05 - Inspection and investigation of institutions.
14.06 - Gifts, grants and bequests.
14.07 - Records and documents; executive privy seal.
14.08 - Deposit of acts; notice.
14.11 - Legal actions and proceedings.
14.12 - Execution of releases and satisfactions.
14.13 - Land claims against United States; receipt of payment.
14.14 - Patents to railroad lands.
14.16 - Holiday proclamations.
14.165 - Governor's energy awards.
14.17 - Conferences of governors.
14.18 - Assistance from department of children and families.
14.24 - State council on alcohol and other drug abuse.
14.31 - Office of lieutenant governor; creation.
14.32 - Service as acting governor.
14.34 - Additional executive duties.
14.35 - Authorized activities.
14.36 - Office of secretary of state; creation.
14.38 - Secretary of state, duties.
14.39 - Conditional acceptance of filing fees.
14.40 - Record of positions, appointments.
14.43 - Custodian of deeds, securities, oaths and bonds.
14.45 - Great and lesser seals.
14.47 - Cashier in secretary of state's office bonded.
14.56 - Office of state treasurer; creation.
14.58 - Duties of state treasurer.
14.60 - State treasurer's bond.
14.78 - Great Lakes compact commission.
14.81 - Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission.
14.82 - Interstate insurance product regulation commission.
14.83 - Interstate medical licensure compact.
14.84 - Great Lakes protection fund.
14.85 - Mississippi River parkway commission.
14.86 - Midwest interstate passenger rail commission.
14.87 - Nurse licensure compact.
14.88 - Physical therapy licensure compact.
14.89 - Occupational therapy licensure compact.
14.895 - Psychology interjurisdictional compact.
14.90 - Midwestern higher education commission.
14.91 - State council on the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
14.92 - Interstate Commission for Juveniles.
14.94 - Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children.
14.95 - Great Lakes — St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council.